Coming Out is the third album by The Manhattan Transfer

The Manhattan Transfer

The Manhattan Transfer is an American vocal music group. There have been two manifestations of the group, with Tim Hauser being the only person to be part of both...

, released August 19, 1976 on Atlantic Records

Atlantic Records

Atlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...

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On the advice of their manager Aaron Russo, the group downplayed the "nostalgic" tenor of their previous breakthrough album in favor of more contemporary songs. However, the throwback single "Chanson d'Amour

Chanson D'Amour

"Chanson D'Amour" is a popular song written by Wayne Shanklin which was a Top Ten hit in 1958 for Art and Dotty Todd; a remake by the Manhattan Transfer was an international hit - #1 in the UK - in 1977....

" became a breakout single in Europe, and hit the #1 spot in Great Britain for three weeks (as well as charting elsewhere in Europe).

The song "Zindy Lou" features Ringo Starr

Ringo Starr

Richard Starkey, MBE better known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an English musician and actor who gained worldwide fame as the drummer for The Beatles. When the band formed in 1960, Starr was a member of another Liverpool band, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. He became The Beatles' drummer in...

 and Jim Keltner

Jim Keltner

James Lee "Jim" Keltner is an American drummer known primarily for his session work. He has contributed to the work of many well-known artists...

 on drums, Dr. John

Dr. John

Malcolm John "Mac" Rebennack, Jr. , better known by the stage name Dr. John , is an American singer-songwriter, pianist and guitarist, whose music combines blues, pop, jazz as well as Zydeco, boogie woogie and rock and roll.Active as a session musician since the late 1950s, he came to wider...

 on piano and Doug Thorngren providing additional percussion. The song "Poinciana" (The Song Of The Tree) features a Michael Brecker

Michael Brecker

Michael Leonard Brecker was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Acknowledged as "a quiet, gentle musician widely regarded as the most influential tenor saxophonist since John Coltrane," he has been awarded 15 Grammy Awards as both performer and composer and was inducted into Down Beat Jazz...

 solo.

Charts

Coming Out debuted on Billboard's Top Pop Album chart on September 18, 1976 and peaked at #48.

LP

LP album

The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry...

side 1

1. "Don't Let Go" – 2:45
2. "Zindy Lou" – 2:50
3. "Chanson D'Amour" – 2:55
4. "Helpless" – 3:07
5. "Scotch and Soda" – 2:59
6. "The Speak Up Mambo (Cuentame)" – 3:05

LP side 2

1. "Poinciana (The Song Of The Tree)" – 4:11
2. "S.O.S." – 3:10
3. "Popsicle Toes" – 4:16
4. "It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference" – 3:30
5. "The Thought of Loving You" – 2:56